Comments on: A Little Perspective - On Being a Stay at Home Mom

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:35:52 +0000

I’m even more jealous, I promise. I’m 22 and trying desperately to dig us out of debt so that I can have this option. Unfortunately, with three step-kids in another state, there’s no guarantee it will ever happen for me. But I keep working my jobs (one full-time, one part-time, and one party business), and planning, and hoping.

Enjoy every minute for me!

By: Mom

Mom — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:54:29 +0000

I am jealous! I have been a stay at home mom for just over 2 years and I still think about our lost paycheck. What I’m hoping is that being home will give me the freedom to pursue my passions, and that someday I will be able to make money from that.

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By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:06:58 +0000

That is so beautifully said and terribly encouraging! It’s all too easy to forget how blessed we are. What a lovely morning, a lovely conversation.

I feel the need to say, “YAY!” and “Bravo!”

By: Renae

Renae — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:31:50 +0000

It is a blessing to stay home with my children. No money in the world can buy their love. That gives me peace.

By: Melissa @ The Inspired Room

Melissa @ The Inspired Room — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:52:31 +0000

I spent many years as a stay at home mom while my kids were young. Well worth it. And, I have never left my kids with a babysitter even when I worked part-time as they got older. I always arranged to work from home to be with them or if I did have to leave for a short jaunt to the office, grandma was right there to watch them. I wouldn’t do it any other way. My children have grown up surrounded by people who love them, who have time for them, and who were with them to nurture and support them every moment of their fleeting childhood.

Enjoy every day! They grow so fast!

Melissa

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:20:26 +0000

100% true! It’s only been 11 months tomorrow that I will have been a stay-at-home-mom, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. I think having one less paycheck makes Anthony and I more creative on how we spend/save our money and makes us realizes how many things we can really do without.

By: Kimberley

Kimberley — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:15:44 +0000

Your perspecitve is spot on! You are blessed to have such views…so many stay-at-home moms I know are unsettled and itching to get back out their in the work force when their kids are older. I’m with you, my job IS my children and I don’t regret it one bit!

Love the look of your blog and can’t wait to read more!

p.s. We are finally re-siding our 21 year old house this spring…whoohoo!!!

By: daisyeyes

daisyeyes — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:34:39 +0000

I totally agree! I’ve thought everything that you mentioned during this last year and some months since I quit my job to stay home! Living w/less money is really hard and stretching us beyond measure daily, but the joy and peace that comes with staying home with my kiddoes is well worth it! Even more than the random mocha that I crave from Starbucks!